Lodestar Dispute Resolution Center

Looking to build your mediation skills? Join us for the 40-Hour Family Mediation Training!

Whether you're a beginner or seeking to strengthen your current skills, this hybrid training provides the fundamental mediation skills. Seats are limited! Secure your spot today!

Please visit the registration site for more information - https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=861176

Register today and join us for a lunch-time virtual training on March 4th at 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. (MST-Arizona)!

Difficult Conversations: Getting to What Matters

Whether it’s asking for a raise, delivering tough feedback, navigating family transitions, or resolving emotional disputes, difficult conversations are a part of life. Many people avoid them, and even when they do happen, what we say rarely reflects everything we’re thinking and feeling.

There is a better way.

Join us for Difficult Conversations: Getting to What Matters and discover what’s really going on beneath the surface — interests, identity, and emotions — before and during tough conversations.

You’ll walk away with practical, proven skills to prepare for and confidently engage in these moments. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn strategies that make hard conversations easier, more productive, and more meaningful.

Register today! - https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=871287&

Contract Drafting & AI is right around the corner- Feb 19! Register today!

Join us for a program focused on the core principles of effective contract drafting through the lens of artificial intelligence, where participants explore how generative AI tools can support the drafting, reviewing, and analysis of contracts while ensuring agreements remain tailored to the parties’ specific needs and legal requirements.

Thursday, February 19, 2026 | 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. via Zoom

Want to know more? Ready to register? Please visit our registration page
https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=871292

ADR Week is next week! Last chance to Register!

In celebration of ABA Mediation Week, ASU Law’s ADR Week brings daily panels on mediation, arbitration, negotiation & more! Hosted by the Lodestar Center & Student Dispute Resolution Group, this weeklong event offers expert insights, networking, and a Certificate of Completion for attending 4+ sessions. Don’t miss it!

Each day features a virtual presentation from a leading expert in mediation, arbitration, negotiation, and more. Learn directly from professionals about the skills and strategies needed to be a successful ADR professional.

Our speaker line-up will be:
Monday, Oct. 20 – Jeff Kivachen | Commercial Mediation: What Happens When You Takle the Impossible?

Tuesday, Oct. 21 – Laura Grisolano | The Chemistry of Conflict: Oxytocin, Design-Thinking, and Trust-Building Agreements

Wednesday, Oct. 22 – Alyson Carrel | Reimagining Settlement: How Emerging Technologies Enable Both Privacy and Transparency

Thursday, Oct. 23 – Clare Fowler | Incorporating AI into ADR - Practical Tools

Friday, Oct. 24 – Claudia Brown Coulter | Accessibility in mediation and ADR

Join us virtually on October 20, 21, 22, 23, & 24 from 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. by registering here:
https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.php?eventid=855596&